4.24.2005

Cameras in cabs

Yvette Moore, administrator of the Taxicab Authority, which authored the rule, said she hoped that concerns would die down after surveillance proved itself as a subtle deterrent to violence against cabdrivers.

"Cabdrivers deserve the occupational protections that exist technologically today," she said. "Success will be the healer."

This same logic can be used in every situation -- protection of innocent people makes cameras and other surveillance techniques necessary. As the cameras become cheaper and better every year, cameras of every type will proliferate.

What this means is that, in time, there will be cameras everywhere and nothing will happen with anonymity anymore. A situation like the OJ case, where Nicole and friend are murdered and no one knows who did it, will be impossible in 20 years.